Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-09
sroHOMIsH COUNTY.
:. nsstlement. Hisssry'
and Prsspeefn.


4UFfEi, ~ to-ga~s - -
e-.s seund. hssF o. knoS maoh %
s...rmi,h County, iis prospsots Or ~
-; 70. It IL doubtful II sny other
# he sOuad country ean b
- whish, in the past, has been
v.Irahgs ss 8 tributary 70 she
- a ssattIe. than this county.
-v,luablelau suxiIisry it promises 10
.ws,ds maintaining saeh growth
s..s,sr. nsy Be i1d. ed By ths follow
= easement;
s.nhOmisb Coupty 10 situated on the
= "a Of the sound. north Of King.
= ussh Of skaeit Osantisa. Il en-
-. % the eastward. from the SQUAD
~ eunmii Of the Cascade moun-
=. , distance varying from sixty to
-. axe nils, and from north 20
-. IA width IL thirty ssx miles. The
..--a. haa an area Of aboat 200 aQuAfs
- A. 10000 acEea. OF thia area,
.A.-ra one third il mountainous. one
- f-Tsils. marsh 81 h3tt0m land, and
- - uolsnd, sufficiently level 10 BE-
1890. when the timber Il once re-
-. Nearly all Of the moansain
- Z covered With yaluable timber,
- ossr one half Of 10 10 fertile and
80 ne timber be removed, valaable
=, =. Or pasturnQs. OonasdeEina botb
81 snd olimaie, one aexe Of marsh or
s1san land here has productive value
80 % three acres of Iowa or Illin0is
ssrlsis The agricultural valua Of the
100 viIl average about one half that /
q - 90 lands. Most Of the npland i
ssSl,d uiih timber, which oDsts TOO
nsk % pay fer clearing y exprs ssly /
4 lM agricultural purposes. But forest |
IN aBnuslly hurn over many thoasand |
4 sra 81 such land, end there aFa alaa
sans thousand acres Of old loQRine l
gsgkA paIsially cleared, making excel l
81 nasiare, which Row wlll pay 10
f1sh oIorrina Sos farming psrposes. In /
4 lts eounty, ef tkese Old burns and old
& lesina uDFks, there are not les than
4 iIsa 1900 10 10000 aases. partially
. assssd, that uiIl pay 70 improve for
fFmine uFposes. Oftbeae fully 5000
atss now fnFniah excellent pastuFAGe
Hlss monfka out Of each yaAK. With
A Increase Of logging, and the extern
"a 81 seitlements. this amount will be
fsshssd daring the next ave years, ~
nspsessnt rate Of increaes.
Daring the past twenty-five years
iNgn4 has been q Leading industry Of
Is s0auty. Perhaps more logs have
ksns ent within ths ooanty than auy-
vhafe elss on Puget Sound. In 1850 |
saying began on salt water, and dur1nQ |
lha hext foaF or ave years extended 10
he rivers. In eli, fully 1000 00O, 900
~ Of saw logs. or over. have been cut
vain this counfy, snd for several
Issn pasi the output has exceeded Is.
Nlbco fest per anBum- AZ present
Ibsss aIs about 100000 acres Of land
sgeIsd With d. and cedar timber. A.
nssA Of this viii yield 20.i 600 feet
~ section, With individual claims on
shish from 100000 10 100000 fest
Il az timber, 1t for logging purposes,
"a BE- found standing on 100 rec Of
hn4, Il u safe 70 estimats the timber
Siii standing within the county as
amouatina 70 The fetal Of from 5000
10000 70 1000 900 900 feet, board
measure, of whA would make mer
eaAntabls aaW loeA
u may b stated generally that
sefouRbeat ihs Puget Sound sountFy.
wherever fosailifeFoaa Fooka exiat neaF
ne antfAee, one may look for coal, aud
shsssvef non~f0sslllfer0as rocks come |
iae surfsce, iron, copper, lead, gold |
20 silver ore may DO found. This rule |
III especially sppiy b this eoanty. No |
sa.SsS mills have ever been established
ind no coal mines opened aud warked;
~ iron the general Formation OF tie
nAsa, - yell ~ from she prospectipQ
ssssdy done here, u is safe 10 say that
sllT extensive and valaAhle deposits Of
al. IRON, lead, copper. gold and silver
~ soand within The county. b-aiies
esildins stone, marble, limestone, etc.
hntariy every mountain stream placer
ed has besn found. uhiIs the sultan
IVA, . stream tributary TO the Skyko
nlsA branch OF she HDohomiah river,
tn4 situated some Is ar 10 mites east Of
haoboniah City, has yieided more gold
eafine the past twenty years than has
sasn iound on all other Puget Sound
nfeams pat togsthef. Further up toe
1Ykemish is another tributary stream
alitd Silver oreok. On this stFoam aud |
saaf 4 are fo1ed lsdRea o. lodea Of na-
So md ilyuF-beariuR quartz This
fsaisa eaa been preapeeted eaillolentlg
b dsasAstFate thsi before unAnv weave |
AViiAl VIII DAD indurementm sufIioiant |
hetaollSh quartz mills Ia that vicinlty
20 mase thai a great Qasflz mining
lsfip hon twenty 10 thirty miles 10 |
ssala aionR she Wost aide Of the county,
est - salt water. Il generally level; !
"a = iee aplaud b fFom I've - three
taadsed tees abova the level 81 thn boa
a@A and when this hiahl Ia reached
hs aakiaea Of the upland, from stream
stream, ia thai Of = level plAteau,
Nuslimes marshy, Wtlh fertile sell. eK.
s.pae Ne edges u these ptalaaus, WheFo
ee dasoept 10 thc bottnna 4 e abfupt
ate eaaee GIL but the cement and
Rssel 10 Be vashed eaf AZ the SoIl.
sA5iag she lees fertile eIamenia a zach
sss. behind. The lower pcstisns Of
= Nc main rivera IN the aoanty appear
re through uhst we're once arms %
- sound. nos hiled With sediment
tam ne mountains, and forming tue
,As bottom lands along their banks.
- Ieaielile heRiR from twenty 20
@y 3lles east ffom aalt water.
49, iaoseills are spars from NE main
Gsaoe range OF uounlains, and eeB-
ssy extend east aud west, with val
ana basins between. As one Raas
~ eastward thee valleys beeouoa
vssf, ehe baains amallsr and the
aasAine mere ragged anstl the sam
tos main ranRe is reached. In
- atsa Foothills are foaad Ignite coal,
es ap otinninoas and near the sam'
teefe fosssliferoas RISKS pree ~
s-vsA oue may expect ~ And
sshea 81 anthracite enal,
-. IS soasharn part a. lhe esunly, 10
WIZ the nogthaasteFn rara Of
- ooanty. q drained by the Snoho-
go -. ness and lie tributaries. While the
Sesmiah river drains he northern
Sea Of these streams fora, CO
e INTO tun branches, something
NNsaty miles above their meuths.
ssss ss;.eetAFies oftss SlsilAguAmf b ars
Nasto and ssath forks % sse OF
sroacmise are called the Skyko-
Aha TIE sacqaalsnie rivera TEE
MaAimie Ia FSaliy the main ssreAHn.
kssaser part of the Snoqaalafis
sea tta valley. are sstaaae IN King
sg' Mach % Ire trade and Business
ss,- .sss q SnoheDlsh City. TIE preset
y tnpeoeed pcapsFty. amoane %
49, misa Of annual pradacla and
st Of peepie 1os Feaidanta % Ne
@sseAiaisa about taaAi that % The
ss.s..eaamite valley. TheEefora, The
3 ssAds and business % the valley
- saeeomish aud its TRIBUTARIES,